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Verse Proverbs 24:7. _A FOOL - OPENETH NOT HIS MOUTH IN THE GATE._] Is
not put into public offices of trust and responsibility....
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IN THE GATE - Compare the Proverbs 22:22 note....
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CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description
of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk
mischief. This theme is repea...
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PROVERBS 24:7 A. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a
change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made
of an obviously corrupt stanza.
Proverbs 24:9. thought: the wo...
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WISDOM. Hebrew, plural. true wisdom. See notes on Proverbs 1:20;
Proverbs 9:1. and Compare Proverbs 14:1.
IS TOO HIGH. seems to be, or is regarded as coral: i.e. as an ornament
costly, and, to him, u...
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too _high_ Lit. (_unattainable_) HEIGHTS. The same Heb. word is
rendered _coral_, Job 28:18; Ezekiel 27:16; so that we might render
here _an_unattainable _treasure_, or _a gem_beyond his reach.
_open...
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CHAPTER 24
TEXT Proverbs 24:1-12
1.
Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
2.
For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.
3.
Through wi...
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Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
WISDOM IS TOO HIGH FOR A FOOL - to attain unto. The difficulty lies
not in wisdom, which is easy to the sincere, but in the foo...
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24:7 fool. (d-7) Or 'Jewels (lit. 'high-priced things') for a fool are
wisdom.'...
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 24
V1 Do not be jealous of evil men.
Do not try to meet them.
V2 They make cruel plans in their minds.
And they discuss how to cause trouble...
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WISDOM IS TOO HIGH FOR A FOOL. — For “wisdom” (literally,
_wisdoms_)_,_ comp. note on Proverbs 1:20. He has been too self-willed
to learn; so while others express their opinions when the business or
j...
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רָאמֹ֣ות לֶֽ אֱוִ֣יל חָכְמֹ֑ות בַּ֝ †
שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח ־פִּֽיהוּ׃...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil
companionships, against excess in passion, against all false
exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest
endeavor to...
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Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the (a)
gate.
(a) In the place where wisdom should be shown....
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_High. Thus the fool excuses himself. But wisdom condescends to our
weakness, if we be truly in earnest, Deuteronomy xxxii. 12. Mouth. To
defend himself, or to give advice. (Calmet)_...
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Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
follow...
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WISDOM [IS] TOO HIGH FOR A FOOL,.... It is out of his reach, he cannot
attain it; natural wisdom, or the knowledge of many things in nature;
at least it seems so to himself, and therefore will not tak...
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Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Ver. 7. _Wisdom is too hard for a fool._] Heb., Too high; his
_pericranium_ comprehends it not, "neither indeed can" do. 1Co 2:1...
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_Wisdom is too high for a fool_ For a wicked man, whose sins enfeeble
his mind, and make it incapable of wisdom. Or, he judges it too
difficult for him to understand: he despairs of attaining it, beca...
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V. 7. WISDOM IS TOO HIGH, altogether unattainable, FOR A FOOL; HE
OPENETH NOT HIS MOUTH IN THE GATE, he cannot be consulted by the
leading men of the city as they deliberate upon the welfare of the
co...
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WISDOM IS TOO HIGH FOR A FOOL; either,
1. Really, it is above his reach or capacity. Or,
2. In his opinion; he judgeth it too hard for him, he despairs of
attaining it, he pretends the impossibility...
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Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom H2454 lofty H7311 (H8802) fool H191 open H6605
(H8799) mouth H6310 gate H8179
too - Proverbs 14:6, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 17:24; Psalms 10:5,...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do
as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
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Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts
occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the
wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; their pros...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:7 Other proverbs indicate that the FOOL
can never stop talking (e.g., Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 13:3). The
point here is that he is at a loss when a situation calls for ser...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 24:7. WISDOM IS TOO HIGH, etc. Delitzsch here reads, _Wisdom
seems to the fool to be an ornamental commodity_, and thinks “the
comparison lies in the rarity, costliness, and...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 24:1
We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU
ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar
warning is given, and comp. Proverbs 23:1...
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Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in
couplets or in phrases.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For
their heart studies destruction, and their...
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1 Corinthians 2:14; Amos 5:10; Amos 5:12; Amos 5:15; Isaiah 29:21; Job
29:7; Job 31:21; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 15:24; Proverbs 17:24;...
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A fool — For a wicked man, whose sins enfeeble his mind, and make it
incapable of wisdom. Openeth not — He knows not how to speak
acceptably, and profitably in the publick assembly....